FREE Growing Online Learning conference, this week!

The annual free Growing Online Learning Conference begins tomorrow!

The theme for this year’s event is Online Assessment and Feedback. There will be six sessions specifically tailored for Illinois community colleges faculty. The Teaching and Learning Center will be hosting live broadcasts of these sessions, and all faculty are invited to drop in (no prior registration necessary). See room locations below (view print friendly version with session descriptions). This is an excellent opportunity for KCC faculty to learn how peer colleagues provide feedback and promote engagement online!

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Next Week on the TLC Calendar

KCC’s Teaching and Learning Center will be offering two sessions next week:

Canvas LIVE Share: March Madness
Tues 3/29, 4-5pm, L377

This month, for Canvas LIVE Share, Canvas enthusiasts can jump in to demonstrate and explore various Canvas features—some recently released, some current. It will feature Stefanie Sanders presenting “Canvas’ Best Known Secrets” and Katie Bradford presenting “10 Ways to Be Open with Canvas.”

Introduction to Universal Design
Thurs 3/31, 3-4pm, L315

This session will introduce faculty to the Universal Design principles and framework for instruction and learning. Examples and tools will be shared for creating course content that is accessible to diverse audiences.

Check out other upcoming events on the TLC Calendar!

New Canvas Training Opportunities!

Canvas trainings are returning, along with a few new options! The current schedule is always available on the TLC website; questions may be emailed to CanvasHelp@kcc.edu. Here are this month’s offerings:

Canvas Orientation (Beginners) – Mon, Feb 9th, 2-4pm, L165
Introduction to Canvas for new users.

Canvas Communication – Fri, Feb 20th, 2-3:30pm, D327
Hands-on demonstration of advanced communication features including Collaborations, Conferences, and Chat; also tips and tricks for Canvas email, announcements, and discussions (if you have a microphone headset and/or webcam, bring them with you!). 

Canvas Speedgrader and Gradebook – Tues, Feb 24th, 2-3:30pm, L165
Advanced Canvas gradebook features, such as online submission grading and annotations, using rubrics, and other grading tools. Note: participants should already have a working knowledge of manual grade entry in Canvas.

Canvas Quizzes – Wed, Mar 4th, 2-3:30pm, L165
Basics of creating and administering Canvas quizzes, covering the various options for settings, questions and question banks, as well as viewing analytics and quiz logs.

Canvas Mentors – Now Available!

The Canvas team has been expanded to include Canvas Mentors! Mentors are available to assist you with moving your courses from ANGEL into Canvas, answer your questions regarding the use of Canvas, and provide you with whatever general Canvas help you need. Here they are!

 

 

 

Turnitin – new this fall at KCC

Faculty have a new tool this semester to identify plagiarism and speed up grading of written work.  Turnitin dropbox, which is directly integrated into our Angel LMS, allows faculty or students to submit papers which are then compared to an extensive database of internet sources.  Turnitin’s database includes 24+ billion web pages, 300+ million archived student papers,  and 120+ million articles.  In addition to alerting faculty of potential plagiarism, Turnitin includes in-line grading of papers through Grademark.  This means no more downloading of papers, marking up in Word, and re-uploading.  Instead papers will load directly in the browser window for markup, grading, and comments.

Two training sessions will be offered in the coming weeks – no RSVP necessary:

• September 3rd, 5:30-6:30pm in room M120
• September 11th, 5:30-6:30pm in room M120

Or for more information on how to get started contact AngelHelp@kcc.edu

Upcoming Faculty Training

Welcome back KCC Faculty!  I wanted to briefly promote some training opportunities for both LiveText and Turnitin software.

 

Turnitin is an anti-plagiarism software platform that integrates into our Angel learning management system.  Paper submissions are compared against Turnitin’s extensive database that includes 24+ billion web pages, 300+ million student papers, and 120+ million articles.

LiveText is another software platform that we are currently using for instructional assessment at KCC.  The training will show you how to register a LiveText account and create and complete assessments.

For more information please contact AngelHelp@kcc.edu